Give Birth and Drop Dead
Bane~Child:
Oh right, that Allegra, I forgot about her. The reason I asked is because I have had one or two bizarre things happen at age transition with my CAS characters who had names that were nearly the same as Maxis characters. I think it confused the computer and that's why I asked. Maxis does draw from a limited pool of names though, but I don't remember any other Allegras or names close enough to cause confusion with the game.
You are probably right about the age problem and the game getting confused. Seeing that it was a Maxis character, there is just no telling, the college Sims seem kind of buggy to me, too.
Hope you figure it out.
Brynne:
Thanks, veilchen. You had to bring *that* up. ;)
The tokens I deleted were cellphone tokens, not tokens belonging to other sims. However, I have no idea why, but I have toddler skill tokens owned by Mortimer Goth on a sim that had no relation to him.
I had a sim die a pregnancy choking death a long time ago, pre-Uni. I still don't understand why. Brandi Broke's roommate, Jennie, was pregnant with Brandi's boyfriend Joe's baby. Joe had just proposed to Jennie on his lot. I saved and went immediately to the Broke house, and Jennie was playing video games, all motives green, Joe was over having dinner at the table, and Jennie suddenly grabbed her throat and the GR came. Obviously Brandi couldn't save her; she was too busy laughing. I exited w/o saving, went back to the lot to try to get to Jennie on time, but she died again. Again exited, re-entered, had Brandi quickly ask Joe to move in with her so I could control him, they hugged yadda yadda and he rushed to Jennie's rescue. Very bizarre. She was fine on Joe's lot. I think Brandi's evil and tried to poison Jennie without my knowing!
Bane~Child:
Quote from: Brynne on 2005 August 17, 06:09:58
Very bizarre. She was fine on Joe's lot. I think Brandi's evil and tried to poison Jennie without my knowing!
You know this is not unlike the time when I sent Angela and Lillith off to Uni, but they were on hold and still in the Student Bin. Yet, whenever Dustin would come home from school, every darn day that redheaded tart, Angela would get off the bus with him. Never, ever saw Lillith. Is it any wonder that our games are so screwed up when characters dwell in dual situations like this? Also, when Dirk was still at home and lived with Darren and Cassandra in the Goth house, Dustin and Beau would come visit Dirk there and both of them were supposed to be in the Student bin as well.
I know that we have resolved a couple of the mysteries with Brandi, but she is one of the key characters in Pleasantview and seems to be at the center of everyone's universe, too. I am certain that we have only scratched the surface in trying to figure how deep she goes, which apparently extends to her children, regardless of whom their father was/is. The Brandi Broke stories you hear are very similar accounts no matter how she is played or by whom.
So Val, you may be more right about Brandi than you think. I don't feel she is particularly evil, I think the game is hard-coded to assure certain outcomes involving her.
Brynne:
Hmmmm...interesting. And scary, considering the number of offspring she has with my sim!
ZephyrZodiac:
Every time I've played Brandi the outcomes have been extremely varied, so I wouldn't agree with the idea that she is hard-coded for certain outcomes.
The choking death happens to pregnant sims, and can happen in their homes too, in one of my games Beau's wife died while pregnant (at home) but Beau pleaded for her and won. I can't see how a death that happens after the child is born is related to the choking death. And maybe I'm a wuss, but if I don't like an outcome in my game, I don't save, very often if you replay the outcome is totally different. If it's the same, again don't save, then alter whatever caused the problem, as for instance the Grim Reaper being stuck in a doorway - remove the door and most of the wall so it can't happen before the kid is born, then if it happens a third time, at least the pleading will possibly work!
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